The table featured below is an excerpt from Waivers & Releases of Liability by Doyice & Mary Cotten. Providers should examine this table closely before deciding which format they want to use for a waiver.
Comparison of Waiver Formats
Stand-Alone Waiver
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Participant Agreement
Waiver Within
Another Document
Group Waiver
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One or more pages containing only the waiver & Read More
The following article is excerpted, in large part, from the 7th edition of Waivers & Releases of Liability by Doyice and Mary Cotten. It addresses some questions facing many providers that make extensive use of waivers.
Businesses generally do not have an unlimited amount of storage space and the questions arise: Which records do I need to keep?
This Table is excerpted from the 7th edition of Waivers & Releases of Liability by Doyice and Mary Cotten.
Have you ever wondered “What is the difference between assumption of risk and a waiver?” What about “‘What exactly is the function of a waiver?”
This article by Doyice Cotten originally appeared in Fitness Management. Sport, fitness, and recreation professionals often describe a situation involving an injury and ask if they are liable. This article will help others to quickly determine if he or she might be liable in an injury situation.
This article by Doyice Cotten originally appeared in Fitness Management, but is as timely today as ever. Health, fitness, and recreation providers should have a plan in place for dealing with heart attacks and other serious incidents. Failure to do so can leave the provider liable.
Doyice Cotten summarizes four recent cases involving health clubs. The first three are appellate cases from Minnesota and the fourth is a New Jersey Supreme Court case. These cases re-emphasize the importance of unambiguous waivers. One might say that two of the three Minnesota cases involve gross negligence or willful and wanton actions,
Holly C. Rudolph, J.D. has produced a product that can be of great interest to those in sport, recreation, and fitness industries. She has collected all Equine Activity Liability Statutes as well as all Recreational Land Use statutes and put them in one convenient place.
This recent case is intended to complement and supplement the excellent article Landowner Liability Under Equine and Recreational Use Statutes written by Holly Rudolph (also published today on this site). This illustrative case, summarized and abridged by Doyice Cotten, Read More
This is the eighth of an 8-part series dealing with insurance myths. We all know that insurance is one of the major risk management tools for any sport, fitness, or recreation business. For many of us, however, insurance is just a big mystery that we entrust to others.
This is the seventh of an 8-part series dealing with insurance myths. We all know that insurance is one of the major risk management tools for any sport, fitness, or recreation business. For many of us, however, insurance is just a big mystery that we entrust to others.